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#Hubble glimpses globular cluster NGC 6544 @NASA phys.org/news/2023-06-hubble…

Hubble glimpses globular cluster NGC 6544

The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This cluster of tightly bound stars lies more than 8,000 light-years away from Earth...

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Save your #foodscraps, save the Earth: More cities and states look to #composting phys.org/news/2023-06-food-s…

Save your food scraps, save the Earth: More cities and states look to composting

In its fight against both climate change and rats, the New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a new ordinance earlier this month that will require residents to dispose of food scraps and yard...

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Study highlights six tools for decolonizing #climateresearch doi.org/gsdcf2 phys.org/news/2023-06-highli…

Placing diverse knowledge systems at the core of transformative climate research

Ambio - We argue that solutions-based research must avoid treating climate change as a merely technical problem, recognizing instead that it is symptomatic of the history of European and North...

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Effect of #volcaniceruptions significantly underestimated in #climateprojections, study shows @Cambridge_Uni @theAGU doi.org/gsdcfr phys.org/news/2023-06-effect…

Climate Projections Very Likely Underestimate Future Volcanic Forcing and Its Climatic Effects

There is a 95% chance that the time-averaged 2015–2100 volcanic SO2 flux from explosive eruptions exceeds the time-averaged 1850–2014 flux Standard climate projections very likely underestimate t...

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The global battle against 'forever' chemicals' phys.org/news/2023-06-global…

The global battle against 'forever' chemicals'

Chemicals giants have agreed to pay billions of dollars to end lawsuits over contamination from toxic "forever" chemicals found in everyday products such as non-stick frying pans and waterproof...

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#France estimates up to 35,000 #summer heat deaths since 2014 phys.org/news/2023-06-france…

France estimates up to 35,000 summer heat deaths since 2014

Between 30,000 and 35,000 people have died from the effects of summer heat in France since 2014, the country's public health agency said in an estimate released Friday.

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New date for #Ariane 5 rocket's final launch after delay phys.org/news/2023-06-date-a…

New date for Ariane 5 rocket's final launch after delay

Europe's workhorse Ariane 5 rocket will blast off for the final time on July 4, its operator Arianespace said on Friday, after a previous launch was called off due to a technical problem.

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Dutch to shut Europe's biggest #gas field after quakes phys.org/news/2023-06-dutch-…

Dutch to shut Europe's biggest gas field after quakes

The Netherlands said Friday it would end production at Europe's largest gas field on October 1 after years of earthquakes, despite global energy worries sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine.

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NASA wants to identify #phytoplankton species from space. Here's why @NASA phys.org/news/2023-06-nasa-p…

NASA wants to identify phytoplankton species from space. Here's why

They're small, but they're mighty. From producing oxygen we breathe to soaking up carbon we emit to feeding fish we eat, tiny phytoplankton are a crucial part of ocean ecosystems and essential to...

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New era of exoplanet discovery begins with images of 'Jupiter's younger sibling' @AAS_Office phys.org/news/2023-06-era-ex…

New era of exoplanet discovery begins with images of 'Jupiter's younger sibling'

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have discovered one of the lowest-mass planets whose images have been directly captured. Not only were they able to measure its...

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White dwarf's strong #magneticfield fooled scientists into thinking it would pass close to our solar system, study shows @AAS_Publishing @arxiv doi.org/gsdcc5 phys.org/news/2023-06-white-…

Not so fast, not so furious: just magnetic

WD0810-353 is a white dwarf within the 20pc volume around the Sun. Using Gaia astrometric distance and proper motions, and a radial velocity derived from Gaia spectroscopy, it has been predicted...

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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft stuns with ultraviolet views of red planet @NASA phys.org/news/2023-06-nasa-m…

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft stuns with ultraviolet views of red planet

NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different points along our neighboring planet's orbit around the sun.

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Current level of #rainfall recharging #groundwater in southwest Australia at its lowest for the last 800 years: Study @ANSTO @NaturePortfolio doi.org/gsdcb4 phys.org/news/2023-06-curren…

Caves demonstrate decrease in rainfall recharge of southwest Australian groundwater is unpreceden...

Communications Earth & Environment - Regional drying in southwest Australia over the past six decades has resulted in a decrease in rainfallassociated recharge of aquifers which is...

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How changing our diet can have unexpected negative economic, social and environmental impacts @NatureFoodJnl doi.org/gsdb22 phys.org/news/2023-06-diet-u…
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19 dead, thousands seek shelter in #SouthAsia #monsoon floods phys.org/news/2023-06-dead-t…

19 dead, thousands seek shelter in South Asia monsoon floods

At least 19 people are dead after floods triggered by South Asia's annual monsoon, with a week of relentless rains forcing thousands of people to seek shelter in India.

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US county sues oil companies for $51 bn over 'Heat Dome' disaster phys.org/news/2023-06-county…

US county sues oil companies for $51 bn over 'Heat Dome' disaster

A county in the northwestern state of Oregon on Thursday filed a lawsuit against major fossil fuel companies seeking more than $51 billion over the 2021 "Heat Dome," one of the United States'...

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#Climate finance summit wraps up eyeing bigger progress phys.org/news/2023-06-climat…

Climate finance summit wraps up eyeing bigger progress

A global summit seeking to overhaul the international financial system wraps up Friday after taking small steps towards easing the debt burden of developing nations weighed down by climate and...

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#Beijing issues highest heat alert as north #China swelters phys.org/news/2023-06-beijin…

Beijing issues highest heat alert as north China swelters

China issued its highest-level heat alert for northern parts of the country on Friday as the capital baked in temperatures hovering around 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

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NASA opposes #lithium mining at tabletop flat #Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites phys.org/news/2023-06-nasa-o…

NASA opposes lithium mining at tabletop flat Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites

Environmentalists, tribal leaders and others have fought for years against lithium mining ventures in Nevada. Yet opposition to mining one particular desert tract for the silvery white metal used in...

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Q&A: How can the Chignik, Alaska, #earthquake help predict future risk? @ScienceAdvances doi.org/gsbq4x phys.org/news/2023-06-qa-chi…

Rapid shallow megathrust afterslip from the 2021 M8.2 Chignik, Alaska earthquake revealed by...

Seafloor geodesy reveals rapid up-dip afterslip following the Mw 8.2 Chignik subduction zone earthquake.

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